Faucet



(N0 Mdel.)

A. GOETZINGER.

Faucet.

Patented Oct. 26, 1880.

I UNITEU STATES PATENT EEICE.

ANDREW GOETZINGER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,670, dated October 26, 1880.

Application filed J une 21, 1880.

.To all whom it may concern Beit known that 1, ANDREW GoETzINcER, of the city of Oincinnati,in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Faucet, of which the following is a specification.

The Aobject of this invention is a cheap, cleanly, and durable faucet, especially adapted for' use with malt liquors. It is also, owing;` to its dura-bility and cheapness, well adapted for general use.

In the accompanying drawing, the head and main portion of the barrel is represented in axial section, while the butt is shown in plan view.

The barrel of the faucet is indicated by let ter A. B is the key, which is tapped through a cap, O. The shaft of the key passes through a cork, D, which is compressed between the cap and an offset or seat in the transverse perforation in barrel A by screws c c, which pass through lugs on the cap into the barrel. JE is the nozzle of the faucet.

The parts are constructed as follows: The barrel A is made lneferably of locust or other hard wood, with the customary longitudinal duct to pass the liquid from the barrel or other vessel. The transverse perforation to receive the nozzle, the key, and its connections is made by first boring a hole through the barrel cfa size to receive the nozzle E, then with a teaming-tool, having cutting-edges ofthe shape of the transverse perforation shown in the drawing above the dotted line, and a shaft at its lower end of a size to lit the perforation first made and steady the tool while it is fed to its work, the upper portion of the perforation is reamed out the proper size and shape to receive the key, cork, and cap. The shaft and cross-head of the key B, the cap O, and nozzle E are made, preferably, of malleable iron galvanized or tinned.

The lower end. of the key-shaft has a neck (No model.)

or tenon smaller than the shaft. This tenon has a transverse perforation. After the shaft of the key is screw-threaded and tinned the cap- O and cork D are placed upon the shaft and run up to near the cross-head or handle of the key. The lower end of the shaft is then placed within a mold, and the valve-head B', which is of block -tin or other non corrosive material, cast upon it. The metal'of the valve, adhering to the tinned surface of the neck and filling' the transverse perfbratiomtirmly unites the valve and shaft. At'terit is removed from the mold it is turned off true, inserted in place, and the screws c c tightened, compressing the cork D between its seat and the under side of the cap. which has a neck or rabbet tovfollow the cork into the perforation in barrelAas the screws are tightened.

Instead of placing' the ca-p and cork upon the shaft of k ey B before the valve B is molded upon its end the cross-head and shaft may be molded separate and separa-bl y united together, so that the cork may be removed whenever it should become so worn or impaired as to permit leakage.

It is essential that the key-seat should be placed far enough back ofthe end of the barrel to leave a strong body of wood in front of it, so that the faucet, which is mainly intended for malt liquors, may be driven in, forcing the stopping-cork ot' the key to the inside. For greater strength the head of the faucet-barrel may also be ferruled.

I claim- As a new article of manufacture, the hereinbefore described faucet, consisting of barrel A, key B B', cap O, cork D, and nozzle E, the parts being constructed and combined substantially as shown and described.

ANDREW GOETZINGER.

Witnesses:

GEO. J. MURRAY, M.,W. OLIVER. 

